Protesters Target Russian University Closure

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Uploaded by on Mar 12, 2008

Students and faculty protest the closure of St. Petersburg's European University in February for alleged fire safety violations. One video shows students laying a fire hose at the foot of a monumnent to Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, considered the father of higher education in Russia. Protesters also staged a street performance mocking the fire safety charges that forced the closure.

Footage shot by Ilya Utekhin on February 29 and March 7, 2008.

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